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Memories are wonderful – By Stan Faulkner
Memories are wonderful that we have in life and Cherish Forever. Being a kid and imagining you are your Favourite Player and Scoring The Winning Goal At Wembley in The FA Cup Final or Saving a last minute Penalty, if you were in Goal. I dreamt of playing for Southampton Football Club but unfortunately I…
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Meeting with Toby Steele
NEWS UPDATE: Last night before the game Toby Steele invited myself and Leon to discuss the archive, and a potential Museum /Visitor Centre / Hall of Fame. (ideas not set in stone plans) Its clear Toby and the club want something to happen here and as with all projects it requires a large amount of planning and…
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McCalliog talks all things Saints
ANNOUNCEMENT: Saints Archive and Total Saints Podcast will be welcoming Jim McCalliog to the podcast for a very special ‘Total Recall’ soon. If you have any questions for Jim and want them read out on the podcast please reply to this blog post #SaintsFC
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The Collapse of a shed on the Antelope
For the Saints’ second season in the Southern League, they remained at the Antelope Ground, with the league season following a similar pattern as the previous year, with the Saints finishing third behind Millwall and Luton Town.[31] The highlight of the league season was the visit of Millwall on 21 March 1896 when a crowd of 8,000 saw…
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George Harvey Muir (1869–1939)
G.H Muir was a schoolteacher who later became headmaster at Mount Pleasant School. He continued to play for St. Mary’s until 1889, after which he became a referee. He refereed an Amateur Cup final and served the Hampshire F.A. for many years. In 1915, he became a director of Southampton Football Club, remaining with the club until…
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1899-1900 Season
During the summer of 1899, several players left the club including forward Abe Hartley, who joined Woolwich Arsenal,[6]and Jacky Robertson, who joined Rangers, shortly after becoming the first Southampton player to play for Scotland in April 1899.[7] Three forwards joined the club in the pre-season: Jack Farrell returned from Stoke, where he had spent the 1898–99 season having played for Southampton from 1895 to…
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The Joy And The Tears – By Stan Faulkner
Time does fly, especially these last thirty years. It’s the sixth of November 2048 and I’ve just received a Birthday Card from The Queen as I’m 100 today, she must be over 120 herself? I thought after my cup of tea, I would browse through some of my Southampton Football Club books and DVDs. In…
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Down Through The Years – By Stan Faulkner
After 1989 when Danny Wallace was transferred, there were other young players from our academy ranks, who were being sold! His two brothers left Raymond and Rodney, with the latter who was probably the best out of the three of them! Rodney Wallace was a real goalscorer and if only he stayed, then we could…
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Competition Winner – Julie Greenshields
Leon this evening travelled down to Bournemouth to present Archive member Julie Greenshields with her ‘prize’ – a VHS recording of Saints Vs Villa recorded over 20 years ago (a true archive prize- none of that Blue-ray nonsense). To make the evening even better she also managed to get a photo signed by former Saint…
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Big Sleep Out – Saints Foundation
Nobody in this country of ours should spend a single night sleeping on the streets, but people do. I believe strongly that everyone should have a home, a safe place to stay – so that’s why i’m joining the Saints Foundation in this fund raiser. Now i know what you are thinking, Will…..sleeping in a…
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Welcome to our new Website
We are proud to announce that the Saints Archive is expanding. This website will act as our central hub for all social media channels operating under the Saints Archive logo. Over the next few months we will be offering to our members and followers the chance to write blog entries about memories they have…
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